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Belo, Indonesian president meet. (Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, apostolic administrator of Dili, East Timor; B.J. Habibie)(Brief Article)

From: National Catholic Reporter  |  Date: 7/17/1998

Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, apostolic administrator of Dill, East Timor, met with Indonesian President B.J. Habibie to discuss ways of improving conditions for East Timorese.

"We spoke primarily about things concerning improving the situation; how we can raise the status of the East Timor community," the bishop said at a June 24 news conference in Jakarta after the two met for 90 minutes at the presidential palace.

Belo said he had put forth proposals by himself and ...

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